Question:
Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem
Assalamu ‘Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
My question is in relation to backbiting and gossip. In today’s world and especially in our workplaces everyone is always talking about each, mostly negatively. Are you still held accountable if it is not you that is opening your mouth, but you are stuck in a situation where someone else is backbiting or gossiping to you or in a meeting? What should you do in that situation? Try to deter the conversation away from the matter or leave the room? Just remain silent?
Thank you for this much needed site. Pray for us Shaykh that we can all learn from each other to improve ourselves in order for Allah accepts us.
Bismillah
Answer:
`Alaykum as-salam
Read Fatiha in your heart to the intention of stemming such behavior and protecting yourself from its spiritual consequences.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
